Tag: easy meal

Some days when the wind is cold and bitting with no sun in sight I know making a hearty pasta dish is just perfect comfort food for dinner. All the ingredients for my Baked Penne I purchased at Trader Joe’s except I made my own Pomodoro sauce. Trader Joe’s has a tasty prepared Pomodoro sauce which will cut down the time to make an easy home cooked meal. Put the casserole together the night before and bake for dinner the next day. Delicious, easy and a quick home cooked meal!

Quick and easy tasting delicious recipes are always welcome during this busy holiday season. I serve this shrimp dish over Arborio rice or orzo which is a rice shaped pasta. The choice is yours. Either way the dish is so good and so easy, a quick easy homemade meal.

Shrimp with Feta Cheese

2 tablespoon olive oil

4 cloves garlic

1 shallot

pinch of crushed red peppers

1 teaspoon mint

1 teaspoon oregano

1 teaspoon salt

1 can(14.5 oz) Hunt’s Petite diced tomatoes

1/2 lb. uncooked shrimp cleaned and deveined

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

2 tablespoons chopped calamata olives

1/4 cup feta cheese

Heat olive oil in large skillet. Add garlic and shallot cooking on low for 10 minutes until onions are translucent, do not brown. Add red pepper, mint, oregano, salt and diced tomatoes simmering for 20 minute. Add shrimp, cooking for five minutes or until the shrimp is no longer pink. Stir in lemon juice and olives. Top with feta cheese. Serve over rice or orzo. Makes 4 servings.

Just add a nice tossed salad and fresh bread for a wonderfully easy and delicious meal!